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Topic: 270855143460: Apollo 15 flown flag, patch
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spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-26-2011 03:53 PM
   
I was going to buy it and chuck away all that stuff in the middle. They just don't make simple wooden frames like that these days...  |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1082
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 11-26-2011 04:04 PM
That would of been an expensive frame Chris at $2,346.88 with 39 bids from 19 bidders. |
Beau08
Member Posts: 159
From: Peoria, AZ United States
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 11-27-2011 08:21 AM
I'm really glad to see such a successful auction of this item with the proceeds going to charity. I sure would like to hear the back story on this from who originally had it and how it ended up being walked into a thrift store. I wonder if the person that donated it even knew what it was. If they did it isn't apparent they explained it to whom they gave it. |
J.L
Member Posts: 674
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 11-27-2011 09:04 AM
I agree... and I am looking forward to hanging it on my wall next to my similar flag presentation from Apollo 16. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 11-27-2011 10:18 AM
Just don't cut it up into an acrylic!  |
J.L
Member Posts: 674
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 11-27-2011 11:07 AM
No... no... no... not a chance! |
Besixdouze
Member Posts: 235
From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 11-27-2011 11:34 AM
Great to see this item going to a fellow collector who will really appreciate it. In my opinion, we have an obligation to future generations to keep these things together, retaining as much of their original context as possible and not simply break them down or move them on for a quick buck. I would have loved to have been in the running but having to ship it to the UK and face further outrageous customs and excise levies really put me off. Are cS'ers of the opinion it made a fair and realistic price despite all the earlier misgivings posted in this thread? I'd be interested to know. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1082
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 11-27-2011 11:45 AM
I'm very glad to see this presentation piece is going to a very good home, (J.L) where it will be appreciated for it's historical value.I hope you can find out and fill in it's missing previous history. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-27-2011 11:47 AM
I never had any misgivings about this piece and in my opinion the price is good, if not particularly surprising.Some people seem surprised that a piece like this could end up in a charity shop but I'm pretty sure it happens all too frequently. Unfortunately there are probably just as many superb items that get thrown away when the original owner dies. I hate to imagine the amount of rare patches, documents, and even flown items that probably end up as landfill. As an example, I'd be willing to bet that more Silver Snoopy pins probably get lost or thrown out than ever make it on to the secondary market. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2475
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-27-2011 02:07 PM
The 1/48 scale Marshall Skylab we have we bought from a fellow who picked it out of the trash at Goodwill. That’s right, not off the shelf, out of the TRASH! |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 11-27-2011 02:59 PM
The online auctions have been the "great levelers" of the playing field in the past decade. However, it's still possible to find the occasional bargain if you're willing to take a chance (and have the background to spot the signals that something just might be good). One of my favorite pieces in my collection came from taking such a chance a couple of years ago. Congrats to JL - a nice birthday present to yourself! |
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